Compensation between model feedbacks and curtailment of climate sensitivity

Journal of Climate

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3009-3018

  Huybers, Peter ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE SENSITIVITY; COMBINED WATER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEEDBACK STRENGTH; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGES; LAPSE RATE; MODEL FEEDBACK; OCEAN HEAT UPTAKE; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; STATISTICAL INTERPRETATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE; FEEDBACK; MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WATER VAPOR;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ALBEDO; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; ATMOSPHERIC LAPSE RATE; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD COVER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HEAT FLUX; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; RADIATIVE FORCING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

EID: 77954367350     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JCLI3380.1     Document Type: Article

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